The question
Which book do you still mean to read, and why has it stayed on your list?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
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I feel no shame about not reading a book. That’s silly.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 December 2023 source ↗
My own biography! Being serious, there’s an Australian novel by Gregory Roberts called Shantaram that I didn’t read through.
All of them. I’m not someone who can sit down and read – I wish I could.
To Kill a Mockingbird – I was meant to read it for an exam and I didn’t and I cheated. I was allowed to use a laptop to type my answers because I couldn’t see my writing, so I hid an electronic copy of the book on the laptop.
I’ve never read Proust.
As Tilda Swinton in a fat suit.
Appearing angry when I’m not angry.
“Sorry, I don’t mean to insult you, but did you know you look a bit like that actress Siobhán McSweeney?”
Politics. And casting directors.
A better knee and better lungs.
My impotence in the face of war.
Munroe Bergdorf, Zack Polanski, Toby Stephens, Stephanie Beacham, Matthew Kelly, Ally McCoist
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